The Spirit Divided: Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains : the UnionBenedict R. Maryniak, John Wesley Brinsfield Mercer University Press, 2007 - 269 Seiten Historians are only beginning to address the religious as a facet of the Civil War. Because neither war department had an office governing military chaplains, almost 4,000 of them were nearly lost to future study. After many years of research, their names, assignments, and denominational affiliations were listed in Faith in the Fight. In an organization created to destroy the enemy, chaplains ate, drank, and slept dissonance. Older than most soldiers and looking at battle with very different eyes, chaplains had their beliefs brutally tested at the same time they instilled faith that sustained men through adversities and tragedies. The Spirit Divided is a collection of letters, reports, and recollections in which army chaplains describe their motives and methods, their failures and achievements. Some threw away their somber black uniforms and became dashing staff officers who rode over battlefields to deliver orders, even capture enemy soldiers. Scorning these "chaplains militant," others were, in the words of a battlefield journalist, "bearers of the cup of cold water and the word of good cheer--the strong regiment may be the colonel's, but the wounded brigade is the chaplain's." Chaplains wondered whose side God was on, and if their ministries might be in vain. They saw, on both sides, God's Spirit at work. Was the Spirit divided, was God punishing both North and South for their sins, or was there some other explanation for this seemingly endless war? The reflections of these men of the cloth, who were underfed, underpaid, and largely unappreciated, have much to teach modern readers. They had to find, above all, the faith and perseverance to sustain the spirit of their people during the greatest war ever fought on this continent. |
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... hour , dimly conscious that such there are , you will place yourself in actual contact with them , feel their mighty power , and carry off their richest teachings . You will go , too , for a short season - never again perhaps , in this ...
... hour ; but for this cause came I unto this hour . " Comrades often spoke of this discourse as helpful on the eve of that battle . As became the duty of an aid I was on the extreme front by the side of Colonel Duffié in the Cedar ...
... hour , I discovered a light in a tent at the extreme of a company street . Supposing some one must be sick to justify a light at that hour , I moved down towards the tent . On approaching it I heard voices that did not indicate distress ...
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Reporting for Duty | 1 |
Goodby for a Year Chaplain George H Hepworth | 26 |
How a Camp is Arranged Letter from | 40 |
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The Spirit Divided: Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains : the Union Benedict R. Maryniak,John Wesley Brinsfield Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |